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Facilities Most Siena teams make their homes on campus, competing in and around the Marcelle Athletic Complex (MAC). In the spring of 2007, the department opened a multiple-purpose, artificial turf, outdoor athletic facility which serves as a venue for Siena lacrosse, field hockey and soccer in addition to intramurals. There is also a grass soccer field and the softball field adjacent to the turf field which both received major enhancements and upgrades just prior to the 2011-12 season. Inside the MAC, Siena student athletes have all the amenities to ensure they can succeed at the Division I level. Most recently, the Raymond Center, Home of the Harry Mikhitarian Golf Training Facility was dedicated in May 2010 and includes a custom putting green, an indoor driving range, a swing/video analysis center, a players' lounge, club storage area and coaches' offices. The men's and women's basketball and volleyball locker rooms were all refurbished in the fall of 2009. The women's basketball and volleyball teams play their home contests at the 4,000-seat Alumni Recreation Center (ARC) which underwent a facelift in 2011 in which the playing floor was resurfaced and new artwork was added. The Siena men's basketball team makes its home at the Times Union Center in downtown Albany. The Times Union Center is a regionally acclaimed facility billed as Upstate New York's premier sports and entertainment destination and last season was selected as the "Best College/Pro Sporting Even in the Past Year" by the Albany Times Union's Best of the Capital Region. Since its full-time move to the Times Union Center prior to the 1996-97 season, the men's basketball teams' home attendance has soared to 66th in the country. A record 133,505 fans (7,853/game) turned out for Siena's 17 home games in 2009-10. 85 Siena College Baseball 2013